JERUSALEM CENTER FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS
by Lt Col (Ret) Jonathan D Halevi
November 27, 2014

The State of the Islamic Caliphate (known as the Islamic State, IS, ISIS, ISIL, or Daesh), which was declared by self-appointed caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has fundamentally altered the reality of the Middle East and threatens to reshuffle the geopolitical cards, change the map of existing state borders, and undermine all the Muslim states as separate national entities. READ MORE